Matthias Heiter
Associate Director (Platforms)
Ghent, East Flanders, Belgium
Summary
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Top SchoolMatthias Heiter is an Associate Director (Platforms) and seasoned technology leader with a Ph.D. in Bioinformatics and nine years of experience building ML-driven bioinformatics platforms and cloud-native solutions. He has led cross-functional international teams to deliver production-grade ML pipelines, immunomics and antibody discovery products, and achieved measurable impact like securing €500K in grant funding and cutting company-wide cloud costs through automated hygiene tooling. His background spans academic innovation—authoring widely used bioinformatics tools for viral research—to enterprise ML architecture and DevOps at scale for clients including Deutsche Bahn. A pragmatic mentor and technical program manager, Matthias bridges research and product delivery, translating complex biological problems into robust, deployable systems. Based in Ghent, he combines deep domain expertise in immunomics with hands-on cloud/ML engineering and a track record of post-merger integration and commercial delivery.
9 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
College of Science & Engineering, College of Science & Engineering at The University of EdinburghDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Bioinformatics, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Bioinformatics at Universität des Saarlandes
German, English, French, Latin, Greek, Dutch
Github Skills (127)
parallel10
optimization10
r-package10
reinforcement-learning10
r9
python9
deep-learning9
hyperparameter-optimization9
ray9
pytorch9
scaling9
llm9
large-language-models9
machine-learning9
data-science9
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
matdoering/openPrimeR
Aug 2017 - Aug 2017
Contributions:1 commit, 180 pushes, 8 branches in 1 day
matdoering/openPrimeR-User
Aug 2017 - Mar 2022
Contributions:3 commits, 59 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 8 months
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